dailyfx.com
Jul 25, 2008
Written by Boris Schlossberg, Senior Currency Strategist Talking Points • Japanese Yen: falls through 107.00 as equities dive • Euro: rebound above 1.5700 on safe haven flows • British Pound: GDP lower but in line with expectations • US Dollar: Durable Goods U of M on tap EURUSD stabilized and regained its footing in early European trade retaking the 1.5700 level after falling sharply yesterday. Yesterday’s horrid IFO results drove the pair to within 20 points of the 1.5600 figure in late North American trade, but the overnight weakness in global equities and rumors of central bank buying reversed the decline, as the unit continues to attract safe haven flows. The economic data in the EZ shows incontrovertible signs of a slowdown, but the news from the other side of the Atlantic is not much better. Yesterday’s US jobless...
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